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Marking European Testing Week: ECDC issues integrated hepatitis and HIV testing Guidance
To mark European Testing Week from 23 to 30 November 2018, ECDC publishes its new Guidance on integrated viral hepatitis and HIV testing.
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World Hepatitis Day 2018
On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, ECDC launched online prevalence database for hepatitis B and C which included data mainly based on peer-reviewed cross sectional studies from 2006 onwards.
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World Hepatitis Day 2017
The theme of World Hepatitis Day 2017 was the elimination of viral hepatitis
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World Hepatitis Day 2016
The goal: eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030
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Twitter chat on HIV and hepatitis testing
ECDC joined European HIV-Hepatitis Testing Week, World Hepatitis Alliance and the European AIDS Treatment Group to discuss the benefits of testing.
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Viral hepatitis: testing saves lives
Every year, around 50 000 newly diagnosed cases of hepatitis B and C are reported across Europe but millions are unaware of their infection. Left untreated, hepatitis can cause irreversible liver damage. Hepatitis A is recognised as a re-emerging health threat in Europe.
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3rd Meeting of the Hepatitis B and C Network
On the third meeting of the Hepatitis B and C Network national focal points and experts discussed the enhanced surveillance programme for hepatitis B and C across Europe and explored ways of improving it.
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World Hepatitis Day - 2014
World Hepatitis Day is marked on 28 July each year to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis.
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The International Liver Congress, 49th Annual meeting of the European Association of the Study of the Liver
The International Liver Congress focused i.a. on PGC on Viral Hepatitis
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Meeting of the European Hepatitis B and C Network
The aims of the meeting were to enable sharing of experiences and good practices between member states, review ECDC’s current programme of work and to help determine future priorities for surveillance, prevention and control of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) across Europe.